Saint Stephens, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chatom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36569. The Survey maps it on the Saint Stephens quadrangle. 415 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 226 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Stephens
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Washington County Courthouselisted 1997 · 0.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Old Washington County Courthouse, County Road 34, Saint Stephensfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Stephens fell from 495 to 415 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 495 | |
| 2020 | 415 | -80 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Saint Stephens quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS St. Stephens quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Hattiesburg quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
43 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Saint Stephens between 1994 and 2016, burning about 643 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140826-003 |
| 19 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | CO ROAD 34, AL |
| 29 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | SWR-20140520-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Stephens: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Garris Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Leroy | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bassetts Creek | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hobson | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wagarville | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wagar | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Carson | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Prestwick | 7.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Stephens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1290746 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 126211. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.





